Monday, March 17, 2008

Hot Cross Buns

Thank you everyone for your kind words and concerned. I am feeling much better today but this flu bugs really hit me hard. I never been so sick before in my life. With all the medicine and nasal spray I lost my sense of smell and taste now and hopefully I will get it back soon.

Since Easter is just around the corner I made this wonderful Hot Cross Bun typically eaten on Good Friday. I used the recipe of "Modern Classic 2" by Donna Hay with minor modification to suit my taste.

1) Place the yeast, 2 tsp of sugar and lukewarm milk in a bowl and let it sit for 5 minutes to make sure the yeast is activating.2) Sift the flour, mixed spice and cinnamon. Add this to the yeast mixture along with butter, remaining sugar, egg and sultanas. Using a dough hook of the mixer, mix on low speed until it form a dough.3) Take out the dough and place in an oiled bowl, cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let it sit in a warm place until it's doubled in size.4) Place dough onto the counter and divide dough into 12 equal portion and roll each one into a ball and place in a well greased rectangular baking pan.5) Cover with towel and put it in a warm place to let it rise again for least an hour.6) Brush the top of the bread with beaten egg and bake in a 350 degree F oven for 35 minutes or until well rise and golden brown.7) When the bread is cool pipe the top with glaze.

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